Commentary
DCPS enrollment only 300 students short
There was some concern (and maybe a few I-told-you-so's) when DCPS counted only 37,000 students on the first day of school. But now, only three weeks later, enrollment has??boomed up to 44,397.
There was some concern (and maybe a few I-told-you-so's) when DCPS counted only 37,000 students on the first day of school. But now, only three weeks later, enrollment has??boomed up to 44,397.
That's the title of a rather bold speech Checker gave at Rice University's Educational Entrepreneurship Program on Sept. 9.
My sister teaches first grade and, like so many students, her class obviously has no firsthand ??knowledge of Sept. 11 or what it meant for our country. For them and so many others, knowledge of that day will come entirely from what people tell them and what they read.